Welcome to Natural Wonders! This is where we celebrate weird and wonderful aspects of nature — the more questions I ask in this newsletter, the more I realize there’s really nothing random about our amazing ecosystem. Everything seems to have a purpose - even fall colors!
Interesting. New Zealand doesn't have much in the way of native deciduous trees, so the beautiful colours are something we only get to enjoy from introduced species.
That’s interesting - so you have mostly native coniferous trees? There is a coniferous that changes color - the Larch turns its needles golden right about this time of year. They live at high elevations, so we don’t have any around here.
Why do tree leaves change color?
Interesting. New Zealand doesn't have much in the way of native deciduous trees, so the beautiful colours are something we only get to enjoy from introduced species.
That’s interesting - so you have mostly native coniferous trees? There is a coniferous that changes color - the Larch turns its needles golden right about this time of year. They live at high elevations, so we don’t have any around here.